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"How many vintage Green Day fans are out there tonight?" asked singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong last night at the Fox Theater in Pomona, California, midway through the opening show of the band's U.S tour – the band's return from Armstrong's recent rehab. As if to get a closer look, he asked, "Who wants to join us onstage? Come on, let's go!"

The two-hour concert in the 2,000-capacity theater just outside Los Angeles was the first of four intimate warm-up shows (including a stop at SXSW) before heading out to arenas later this month.

The tour supporting “Uno!,” “Dos!” and “Tre!” picks up soon, but first the band is playing some intimate shows and heading to SXSW in Austin, Texas. The first of the intimate shows is tonight at the Fox Theater in Pomona, where fans have been in line since midnight.

The doors open at 7 p.m. I’ll be shooting photos and reporting and Tweeting and probably doing a few other things tonight. You can follow along below or hit me up at @vanessafranko on Twitter. Elsewhere on social media I’m on Google+ and at the Audio File on Facebook.

Full article at Press Enterprise: HERE

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, just off a stint in rehab, segues from the punk band's performance at New York's Madison Square Garden to his musical American Idiot on Broadway in this world premiere, followed by a live performance. "Green Day's been to SXSW before, and they love it," says director Doug Hamilton.

Full list at Hollywood Reporter: HERE

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